HEALTH - Want to keep your natural teeth into your golden years?
I've known this for years, but my family dentist backs it up with his hearty support. Use a homemade tooth powder made from a 50/50 mix of baking soda and table salt. I use sea salt but any granulated salt will do. Never used tooth powder before? It's easy. Just put a pinch on your palm and wet your toothbrush and push it down into the powder in your palm. Hold it there till the powder gets wet and then turn the toothbrush sideways so you can scrape all the wet powder onto the toothbrush bristles from your palm. It kind of makes a pile of wet powder on top of the bristles. Rinse your mouth and brush as usual.
My dentist tells me that you can brush much harder when using this 50/50 mix of baking soda and salt. In fact, he goes so far as to say that if you're not getting a bit of blood from your gums at each brushing, you're doing something wrong. Some of you might like to disagree with me and my dentist. But I'll be 47 years old this month and I still have all of my original teeth. I've been brushing with baking soda and salt powder for over 20 years now. The baking soda neutralizes the acids that eat away the protective layers of enamel from your teeth. And the salt acts as a soother and anti-bacterial rinse. Try it, you'll like it. And it's WAAAAY cheaper than commercial toothpaste and doesn't have that killer flouride in it. Just food for thought.
Edited to add:
Why use homemade tooth powder instead of colgate or some other commercial toothpaste? Well, commercial toothpastes do their cleaning with abrasives that actually wear away the enamel of your teeth over time. To be fair, some do and some don't. But why take the chance? Make your own tooth powder and don't give it another thought. Keep your natural smile for the rest of your natural life. Ever read the ingredient label on a commercial toothpaste?
My dentist tells me that you can brush much harder when using this 50/50 mix of baking soda and salt. In fact, he goes so far as to say that if you're not getting a bit of blood from your gums at each brushing, you're doing something wrong. Some of you might like to disagree with me and my dentist. But I'll be 47 years old this month and I still have all of my original teeth. I've been brushing with baking soda and salt powder for over 20 years now. The baking soda neutralizes the acids that eat away the protective layers of enamel from your teeth. And the salt acts as a soother and anti-bacterial rinse. Try it, you'll like it. And it's WAAAAY cheaper than commercial toothpaste and doesn't have that killer flouride in it. Just food for thought.
Edited to add:
Why use homemade tooth powder instead of colgate or some other commercial toothpaste? Well, commercial toothpastes do their cleaning with abrasives that actually wear away the enamel of your teeth over time. To be fair, some do and some don't. But why take the chance? Make your own tooth powder and don't give it another thought. Keep your natural smile for the rest of your natural life. Ever read the ingredient label on a commercial toothpaste?
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